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Defense secretary Pete Hegseth told the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee Tuesday the military is "critical" to domestic security.
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Hegseth beefs up warship presence in the Middle East and will have 2 aircraft carriers in the regionThe USS Carl Vinson was in the Pacific and had been slated to head home to San Diego in three weeks but will head toward the Middle East. -
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About 500 combat engineers from Camp Pendleton deployed to the border near San Diego in January. -
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The base, known as Fort Liberty since 2023, originally was named for Confederate General Braxton Bragg. The Army says it now will be named for a World War II private, Roland Bragg. -
Military crews worked Thursday to recover a fighter jet that crashed into San Diego Bay and sank this week after its two-person crew safely ejected during an apparent mechanical emergency.
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The two occupants of the aircraft have been rescued and transported to UCSD Medical Center in Hillcrest for evaluations.
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